Thoughts on tools, files, and getting things done.
September 21, 2026
Yes — give it a link and it compresses the PDF in your browser, reports the new size and saves the file; you only step in to judge whether the pages still read well.
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Compress a video using four quality presets and an optional resolution drop. What the CRF number actually changes, and which of the two levers to pull first.
Read more →September 18, 2026
Why is my PDF so large? Learn what actually makes a PDF heavy, from scanned pages to oversized photos and fonts, and how to get it under an upload limit.
Read more →September 17, 2026
Fourteen side tasks that fill a dog groomer's week, from vaccination records to before-and-after photos, each solved by a free tool that runs in your browser.
Read more →September 14, 2026
A Word report, two scanned appendices and a mail server that caps attachments. Five steps turn them into one marked, locked PDF you can send off tonight.
Read more →September 13, 2026
iLoveIMG vs BIRME vs MyTools for resizing images in bulk: which sizing modes each one gives you, what leaves your device, and which fits the batch on your desk.
Read more →September 7, 2026
The only surviving photo of Main Street in 1974 was 640 pixels wide. How Amara enlarged a photo without losing quality, in a browser tab, before the exhibit.
Read more →September 6, 2026
Yes — with a link it runs the whole job unattended; with a photo on your own machine you drop it in and it takes over. Here is what your assistant checks before it agrees.
Read more →September 5, 2026
Turn comic archives into PDFs your e-reader actually opens — pages at their original size and quality, in the right reading order, up to 20 archives at once.
Read more →August 30, 2026
Your phone never rotated the photo. It wrote a note asking software to rotate it, and half your software ignores that note. Here is what is really going on.
Read more →August 29, 2026
Fourteen side tasks that fill a home daycare provider's evenings, from licensing packets to photo updates, each with the free in-browser tool that handles it.
Read more →August 28, 2026
The landlord's portal wants one PDF under the size cap. Five steps take a folder of phone photos and two forms to a single file that uploads first try.
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